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The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song by Jeffrey Lewis
The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song
Capo:no capo
This is an icredibly simple song to play but to do it correctly you have to
listen to
song as the melody varies from the chords played.
G
Walking’ up 23rd street
C
I was tired and alone
G
it was late my housemate
C
would be asleep when I got home
G
the sign ahead glowing red
C
said the Chelsea hotel
G
where Nancy and Sid vicious
C
and my friend Dave once dwelled
(By now you really should have notice that its just goes G-C-G-C so I have left
out the
The remaining lyrics are included because it's incredibly hard to obtain a copy
of them
the internet as Jeffrey Lewis is pretty unpopular)
Walkin' up 23rd street
I was tired and alone
It was late my housemate
Would be asleep when i got home
The sign ahead glowin' red
Said the chelsea hotel
Where nancy and syd vicious
And my friend dave once dwelled
The street was black under my feet
Wich continued their walkin'
Though i was vaguely interested
In the folks behind me talkin'
Two guys maybe gay
Wearin' Reber type suits
And a girl wearin' glasses
Who looked kinda cute
Her hair was short and curly
She had a tattoo on her back
Wich i could see cos her red shirt
Was sleeveless with straps
But i only saw this later
Not in my first glance
But i could hear her talkin behind me
And as if by chance
She was tryin' to describe
A song i knew well
The leonard cohen song
About the chelsea hotel
And i smiled a smile to myself
When she said
That was the song where he talked about
Someone giving him head
On the bed was unmade
And how the song was outrageous
And that's when i got
Uncharacteristically courageous
I could left the three of them laughin'
And just gone on home
But i turned and i faced her
And i said leonard cohen?
...just like that...
She was shocked and surprised
But she looked very happy
That she now had a witness
To back up her story
She looked at me
With her spectacled eyes
And said "see i told u"
To the two others guys
My tale might have ending right there and then
But we started talkin' about leornard cohen
How his lyrics were cool
And how he sang so sincere
It must have been true
And it happened right here
Usually women right of the bat
Don't find me that great
But there we were laughin', scrollin'
Like we could really releate
Although we didn't mention the head line
It was alluded
And her conversation was better
Cos her friends were not included
The guys were more into each other
At least that's how it seemed to me
I heard the faint knocking of opportunity
Although it's easy for me now
Upon my looking back
To think of all the things
I could have said
To make me the mac
Just keep the sad truth in mind
As i tell this to you
That we really only talked
For a minute or two
And i never got her name
And she never got mine
But in this couple short minutes
We had a pretty good time
And on top of that
Tho u may not believe it
You know what she says to me next
As i repeat it
That line about gettin a blow job
That leonard sings
She said it made her
Want to do naughty things
Right about then
I should have asked
If she knew
What the chelsea charged
If we got a room for two
But i didn't and i know
I'm a schmuck, don't you doubt it
The only thing i did
Was write this stupid song about it
If i was leonard cohen
Or some others song writing master
I 'd know to first get the oral sex
And then write the song after
You can practise writing songs
About romance every day
But if you haven't loved
Then you'll have nothing to say
We could have given each other head
On leonard same unmade bed
But i was too shy to suggest it
And so instead
When the three of them stopped
To look through a pub window
I said good night
Tho i had not quite meant to
And waved as we walked tho
I would not forget her
Especially when she mysteriously said
See you later
Now every time i'm walking
I hope that we'd meet
And on purpose
I always go up 23rd street
Where the sign glowin' red
Says the chelsea hotel
Where nancy and syd vicious
And my friend dave's once dwelled
Life doesn't work out
The way it does in old songs
That's why we sing new ones
To say what really goes on
So if i ever see her again
And we pick up
Right we were ended
Maybe i'll play her this song
Maybe she won't get too offended
And listen i tell u why
There's more to this situation
Than meets the eye
You may think it's sad
You may think it's pathetic
That i sing this song
And that she will never know it
But think a minute 'bout what that means
And you'll realise it's actually a wonderful thing
That all around the world
There maybe folks singin' tunes
For the love of others folks
They barely knew
And it puts a smile on my face
Yes, it do
And let me tell you
You ought to be smillin too
Cos the next time you feelin'
Kinda lonesome and blue
Just think that someone somewhere
Might be singin about you
Who knows if i'll ever see her again
Maybe we'll see this whole time
She could have been singing about me
Probably not
But it could be
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version 2
Capo:1st fret
Tuning: Standard, though in his last tour he played it with a capo on the 1st
fret.
C
Walkin’ up 23rd street
F
I was tired and alone
C
it was late my house mate
F
would be asleep when I got home
C
the sign ahead glowing red
F
said the Chelsea hotel
C
where Nancy and Sid vicious
F
and my friend Dave once dwelled
Walkin' up 23rd street
I was tired and alone
It was late my housemate
Would be asleep when i got home
The sign ahead glowin' red
Said the chelsea hotel
Where nancy and syd vicious
And my friend dave once dwelled
The street was black under my feet
Wich continued their walkin'
Though i was vaguely interested
In the folks behind me talkin'
Two guys maybe gay
Wearin' Reber type suits
And a girl wearin' glasses
Who looked kinda cute
Her hair was short and curly
She had a tattoo on her back
Wich i could see cos her red shirt
Was sleeveless with straps
But i only saw this later
Not in my first glance
But i could hear her talkin behind me
And as if by chance
She was tryin' to describe
A song i knew well
The leonard cohen song
About the chelsea hotel
And i smiled a smile to myself
When she said
That was the song where he talked about
Someone giving him head
On the bed was unmade
And how the song was outrageous
And that's when i got
Uncharacteristically courageous
I could left the three of them laughin'
And just gone on home
But i turned and i faced her
And i said leonard cohen?
...just like that...
She was shocked and surprised
But she looked very happy
That she now had a witness
To back up her story
She looked at me
With her spectacled eyes
And said "see i told u"
To the two others guys
My tale might have ending right there and then
But we started talkin' about leornard cohen
How his lyrics were cool
And how he sang so sincere
It must have been true
And it happened right here
Usually women right of the bat
Don't find me that great
But there we were laughin', scrollin'
Like we could really releate
Although we didn't mention the head line
It was alluded
And her conversation was better
Cos her friends were not included
The guys were more into each other
At least that's how it seemed to me
I heard the faint knocking of opportunity
Although it's easy for me now
Upon my looking back
To think of all the things
I could have said
To make me the mac
Just keep the sad truth in mind
As i tell this to you
That we really only talked
For a minute or two
And i never got her name
And she never got mine
But in this couple short minutes
We had a pretty good time
And on top of that
Tho u may not believe it
You know what she says to me next
As i repeat it
That line about gettin a blow job
That leonard sings
She said it made her
Want to do naughty things
Right about then
I should have asked
If she knew
What the chelsea charged
If we got a room for two
But i didn't and i know
I'm a schmuck, don't you doubt it
The only thing i did
Was write this stupid song about it
If i was leonard cohen
Or some others song writing master
I 'd know to first get the oral sex
And then write the song after
You can practise writing songs
About romance every day
But if you haven't loved
Then you'll have nothing to say
We could have given each other head
On leonard same unmade bed
But i was too shy to suggest it
And so instead
When the three of them stopped
To look through a pub window
I said good night
Tho i had not quite meant to
And waved as we walked tho
I would not forget her
Especially when she mysteriously said
See you later
Now every time i'm walking
I hope that we'd meet
And on purpose
I always go up 23rd street
Where the sign glowin' red
Says the chelsea hotel
Where nancy and syd vicious
And my friend dave's once dwelled
Life doesn't work out
The way it does in old songs
That's why we sing new ones
To say what really goes on
So if i ever see her again
And we pick up
Right we were ended
Maybe i'll play her this song
Maybe she won't get too offended
And listen i tell u why
There's more to this situation
Than meets the eye
You may think it's sad
You may think it's pathetic
That i sing this song
And that she will never know it
But think a minute 'bout what that means
And you'll realise it's actually a wonderful thing
That all around the world
There maybe folks singin' tunes
For the love of others folks
They barely knew
And it puts a smile on my face
Yes, it do
And let me tell you
You ought to be smillin too
Cos the next time you feelin'
Kinda lonesome and blue
Just think that someone somewhere
Might be singin about you
Who knows if i'll ever see her again
Maybe we'll see this whole time
She could have been singing about me
Probably not
But it could be
------------------
version 3
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:C
Capo:no capo
C F C F
C
Walkin' up 23rd Street
F
I was tired and alone
C
It was late my housemate
F
Would be asleep when I got home
C
The sign ahead glowin' red
F
Said the Chelsea Hotel
C
Where Nancy and Sid Vicious
F
And my friend Dave once dwelled
C F
C
The street was black under my feet
F
Which continued their walkin'
C
Though I was vaguely interested
F
In the folks behind me talkin'
C
Two guys maybe gay
F
Wearin' Reber type suits
C
And a girl wearin' glasses
F
Who looked kinda cute
C
Her hair was short and curly
F
She had a tattoo on her back
C
Which I could see cos her red shirt
F
Was sleeveless with straps
C
But I only saw this later
F
Not in my first glance
C
But I could hear her talkin' behind me
F
And as if by chance
C
She was tryin' to describe
F
A song I knew well
C
The Leonard Cohen song
F
About the Chelsea Hotel
C F C F
C F
And I smiled a smile to myself
When she said
C
That was the song where he talks about
F
Someone giving him head
C
On the bed that's unmade
F
And how the song was outrageous
C
And that's when I got
F
Uncharacteristically courageous
C
I could have left the three of them laughin'
F
And just gone on home
C
But I turned and I faced her
F
And I said Leonard Cohen?
C F
.....just like that....
C F
C
She was shocked and surprised
F
But she looked very happy
C
That she now had a witness
F
To back up her story
C
She looked at me
F
With her spectacled eyes
C
And said, "see I told you"
F
To the two others guys
C F
My tale might have ending right there and then
C F
But we started talkin' about Leonard Cohen
C
How his lyrics were cool
F
And how he sang so sincere
C
That it must have been true
F
And it happened right here
C F
Usually women right of the bat
Don't find me that great
C F
But there we were laughin', scrollin'
Like we could really relate
C
Although we didn't mention the head line
F
It was alluded
C
And her conversation was better
F
Because her friends weren't included
C
The guys were more into each other
F
At least that's how it seemed to me
C F
I heard the faint knocking of opportunity
C
Although it's easy for me now
F
Upon my looking back
C
To think of all the things
I could have said
F
To make me the mac
C
Just keep the sad truth in mind
F
As I tell this to you
C
That we really only talked
F
For a minute or two
C
And I never got her name
F
And she never got mine
C
But in this couple short minutes
F
We had a pretty good time
C F C F
C
And on top of that
F
Though you may not believe it
C
You know what she says to me next
F
As I repeat it
C
That line about gettin the blow job
F
That Leonard sings
C
She said it made her
F
Want to do naughty things
C
Right about then
F
I should have asked
If she knew
C
What the Chelsea charged
F
If we got a room for two
C
But I didn't and I know
F
I'm a schmuck, don't you doubt it
C
The only thing I did
F
Was write this stupid song about it
C
If I was Leonard Cohen
F
Or some other song writing master
C
I'd know to first get the oral sex
F
And then write the song after
C
You can practice writing songs
F
About romance every day
C
But if you haven't loved
F
Then you'll have nothing to say
C
We could have given each other head
F
On Leonard same unmade bed
C
But I was too shy to suggest it
F
And so instead
C
When the three of them stopped
F
To look through a pub window
C
I said good night
F
Tho I hadn't quite meant to
C
And waved as we walked tho
F
I wouldn't forget her
C F
Especially when she mysteriously said
See you later
C F C F
C
So now every time I'm walking
F
I hope that we'd meet
C
And on purpose
F
I always go up 23rd Street
C
Where the sign glowin' red
F
Says the Chelsea Hotel
C
Where Nancy and Sid Vicious
F
And my friend Dave's once dwelled
C
Life doesn't work out
F
The way it does in old songs
C
That's why we sing new ones
F
To say what really goes on
C
So if I ever see her again
F
And we pick up
Right we were ended
C
Maybe I'll play her this song
F
Maybe she won't get too offended
C F
And listen I'll tell you why
C
There's more than this situation
F
Than miss the eyes
C
You may think it's sad
F
You may think it's pathetic
C
But I sing this song
F
And that she'll never know it
C F
But think a minute 'bout what that means
C F
And you'll realize it's actually a wonderful thing
C
That all around the world
F
There maybe folks singin' tunes
C
For the love of others folks
F
That they barely knew
C F
And it puts a smile on my face
Yes, it do
C
And let me tell you
F
You ought to be smilin' too
C
Because the next time you're feelin'
F
Kinda lonesome and blue
C
Just think that someone somewhere
F
Might be singin' about you
C F
So who knows if I'll ever see her again
C
Maybe we'll see this whole time
F
She could have been singing about me
C F
Probably not
C F
But it could be
C
------------------
version 4
Capo:no capo
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Main Riff
E|-----------0-----------1-----1-----------|
B|---------1-----1---1-----1------1---1----|
G|-----------------0---------2------2------|
D|-------2---------------------------------|
A|--3--------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Walkin' up 23rd street
I was tired and alone
It was late my housemate
Would be asleep when i got home
The sign ahead glowin' red
Said the chelsea hotel
Where nancy and syd vicious
And my friend dave once dwelled
The street was black under my feet
Wich continued their walkin'
Though i was vaguely interested
In the folks behind me talkin'
Two guys maybe gay
Wearin' Reber type suits
And a girl wearin' glasses
Who looked kinda cute
Her hair was short and curly
She had a tattoo on her back
Wich i could see cos her red shirt
Was sleeveless with straps
But i only saw this later
Not in my first glance
But i could hear her talkin behind me
And as if by chance
She was tryin' to describe
A song i knew well
The leonard cohen song
About the chelsea hotel
And i smiled a smile to myself
When she said
That was the song where he talked about
Someone giving him head
On the bed was unmade
And how the song was outrageous
And that's when i got
Uncharacteristically courageous
I could left the three of them laughin'
And just gone on home
But i turned and i faced her
And i said leonard cohen?
...just like that...
She was shocked and surprised
But she looked very happy
That she now had a witness
To back up her story
She looked at me
With her spectacled eyes
And said "see i told u"
To the two others guys
My tale might have ending right there and then
But we started talkin' about leornard cohen
How his lyrics were cool
And how he sang so sincere
It must have been true
And it happened right here
Usually women right of the bat
Don't find me that great
But there we were laughin', scrollin'
Like we could really releate
Although we didn't mention the head line
It was alluded
And her conversation was better
Cos her friends were not included
The guys were more into each other
At least that's how it seemed to me
I heard the faint knocking of opportunity
Although it's easy for me now
Upon my looking back
To think of all the things
I could have said
To make me the mac
Just keep the sad truth in mind
As i tell this to you
That we really only talked
For a minute or two
And i never got her name
And she never got mine
But in this couple short minutes
We had a pretty good time
And on top of that
Tho u may not believe it
You know what she says to me next
As i repeat it
That line about gettin a blow job
That leonard sings
She said it made her
Want to do naughty things
Right about then
I should have asked
If she knew
What the chelsea charged
If we got a room for two
But i didn't and i know
I'm a schmuck, don't you doubt it
The only thing i did
Was write this stupid song about it
If i was leonard cohen
Or some others song writing master
I 'd know to first get the oral sex
And then write the song after
You can practise writing songs
About romance every day
But if you haven't loved
Then you'll have nothing to say
We could have given each other head
On leonard same unmade bed
But i was too shy to suggest it
And so instead
When the three of them stopped
To look through a pub window
I said good night
Tho i had not quite meant to
And waved as we walked tho
I would not forget her
Especially when she mysteriously said
See you later
Now every time i'm walking
I hope that we'd meet
And on purpose
I always go up 23rd street
Where the sign glowin' red
Says the chelsea hotel
Where nancy and syd vicious
And my friend dave's once dwelled
Life doesn't work out
The way it does in old songs
That's why we sing new ones
To say what really goes on
So if i ever see her again
And we pick up
Right we were ended
Maybe i'll play her this song
Maybe she won't get too offended
And listen i tell u why
There's more to this situation
Than meets the eye
You may think it's sad
You may think it's pathetic
That i sing this song
And that she will never know it
But think a minute 'bout what that means
And you'll realise it's actually a wonderful thing
That all around the world
There maybe folks singin' tunes
For the love of others folks
They barely knew
And it puts a smile on my face
Yes, it do
And let me tell you
You ought to be smillin too
Cos the next time you feelin'
Kinda lonesome and blue
Just think that someone somewhere
Might be singin about you
Who knows if i'll ever see her again
Maybe we'll see this whole time
She could have been singing about me
Probably not
But it could be
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